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GEOLOGY NEWSLETTERFEBRUARY 2006

DEPARTMENT NEWSJordan Hall addition

Construction has begun on a40,000-square-foot addition to JordanHall. This project was funded by theHigher Education Bond package, whichwas approved by North Carolina votersin 2000. The new building will includelaboratory, office, and classroom space,and will be most welcome, despite thefact that it has gobbled up our mainparking lot already! Constructionprogress may be monitored through aphoto gallery linked to the department'sweb page (www.meas.ncsu.edu). Photoswill be updated regularly.

Curriculum revisionIn 2005, the department once

again reviewed and revised the geologydegree programs. There had been aproliferation of separate curricula, eachwith restrictive requirements, and mostwith lagging enrollments. As aconsequence the earth science programhas come under scrutiny, and somerequired courses could not be offered ona regular basis due to a lack of students.We chose to streamline the curriculumby minimizing specified courses andcredit hours, and increasing the numberof technical and advised elective optionsin the program. In this way, studentspursuing a B.S. or B.A. in Geology canwork with their advisor to combine theircourses to concentrate in any area ofgeosciences, such as paleontology,environmental geology, soft-rock ormarine geology, or hard-rock geology.

Specific changes in requiredcourses are (1) reduction of summer

field requirement from 6 to 4 credithours (additional hours earned, such asat a 6-credit field camp, can be appliedto the advised elective category); (2)replacement of the traditionalmineralogy course (MEA 330) with anew MEA 410 course Introduction toMineralogy and Petrology, whichincludes one month of hard-rockpetrology; and (3) elimination of therequirement of MEA 440 (Igneous andMetamorphic Petrology), though moststudents will probably take the two-course 410 - 440 sequence.

Cavaroc ScholarshipThe previous issue of the

Newsletter reported the success of theVicFest celebration and announced anew goal of $25,000 for the ScholarshipEndowment. We are very happy toreport that the goal has been reached,and the Cavaroc Scholarship has nowbeen awarded for three years!

Vic Cavaroc at Lake Gaston, early 1980s

Thanks to all of you who havehelped in fund-raising and/orcontributing to this great cause! It's afitting way to recognize our appreciation

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for everything that Vic Cavaroc hasdone for each of us and for thedepartment over all these years.

"I got this here rock..."As most of you know, hardly a

week goes by without the departmentreceiving a call from a citizen who hasquestions. For nearly 30 years, SkipStoddard and Ron Fodor have beenfielding many such inquiries. The twomost common are (1) "I believe I got mesome gold (or other valuable mineral)!"and (2) "I believe I got me a meteorite!"For all these years, the items submittedunder category (1) typically turned out tobe pyrite, chalcopyrite, or vermiculite;and those submitted under category (2)always turned out to be meteor-wrongs,typically diabase, gabbro, iron-cementedsandstone nodules, slag, and of coursethat very memorable hunk of aircraftaluminum, submitted by the Police Chiefof Benson, NC, after the object hadstruck the car of the "town drunk!"

As fate would have it, the year2005 ended that long string of failures.In April, a specimen was brought in forinspection, that turned out to be aspectacular sapphire from the NorthCarolina mountains! (Skip was able touse it as an extra credit question on anexam.) Then in December, a couplefrom Clayton, NC, brought in a smallrock they had picked up on a vacationtrip at Pikes Peak, CO. They wonderedif it might be a meteorite, and they haddone their homework. Fodor'sbackground in meteoritics came to thefore, and we got a thin section and didsome analyses, and were able to showthat indeed the sample is a meteorite, aType L ordinary (olivine-hypersthene)chondrite to be precise. So it just goes toshow, keep on checking these things out,'cause you never know!

Gift to Geology Field CampWe gratefully acknowledge a gift

of $3,500 that was made by the Tar HeelGem and Mineral Club in early 2005, todefray expenses for the 2005 camp. Thiscontribution, together with some fundingfrom the department, allowed the cost ofthe 2005 camp to be greatly reduced!Sarah Reising and Adam Sherwood,two of the Field Camp students, made apresentation at one of the Club'smeetings in the fall, which the membersseemed to really enjoy. We certainlyappreciate the Club's continuing support!

"Treasures Unearthed"Many of us were able to enjoy

this special temporary exhibit featuringNorth Carolina minerals that was held atthe North Carolina Museum of NaturalSciences beginning in mid-2004. Manytruly spectacular specimens, includinglots of emeralds, gold, and kyanite!

Congratulations are in order!The Outstanding Graduating

Senior in Earth Sciences was DeborahE. Kull for 2003-04 and Paul F. Farrisfor 2004-05. They were recognizedduring the Spring Departmental DiplomaCeremony and their names are inscribedon a plaque in Jordan Hall. OutstandingGraduate Teaching Assistants ingeosciences for 2003-04 were ChrisGarlington, Tim McDade, and PeriannRussell; for 2004-05 they were BradCarter, Jeremy Green, and Anne Witt.

At the May 2004 graduation,Deborah Kull was honored with anNCSU Undergraduate ResearchSymposium Award and also was namedthe Outstanding Senior in the College ofPhysical and Mathematical Sciences inthe category of Leadership.

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FFBFTs (Fodor's Fall Break Field Trips)It's becoming an annual event: if

it's Fall Break, Prof. Ron Fodor must beleading an awesome field trip! In Fall of2004, as first predicted in the last editionof the Newsletter, Ron led a group of 13students and one hanger-on (SkipS t o d d a r d ), on a trip through theCascades of northern Oregon andsouthern Washington. During this trip,the group was assisted (and hosted fordinner) by Sarah Hoover '96 and herhusband. After completing her M.S. atthe University of Oregon, Sarah isteaching at a Clackamas CommunityCollege near Portland. We also hadsome pre-trip advice from Kim Truitt'99, who at last notice was pursuing anM.S. at Oregon State. In Fall 2005, Ronreturned to the Superstition Mountainsnear Phoenix, site of the 2003 trip, butwith a fresh batch of geology students. Note the different weather conditions:

Fall Break 2004 class at Mt. Hood, OR

Fall Break 2005 class at Canyon LakeSuperstition Mountains, AZ

Scope magazineWant to catch up on the latest

news and research involving some of ourfaculty, students, and alumni? Well theCollege of PAMS has a new glossypublication that will help! Thus far,Scope has been published five times,beginning in spring of 2003, with thelatest Fall/Winter 2005 issue having justbeen released. Issues can be downloadedas pdf files from the PAMS website. Goto <http://www.pams.ncsu.edu/news>and click on "Scope Magazine."

The cover story of the Spring2005 issue features geology alumnus Dr.Larry Crumpler '73 and his work onthe Martian Rover project through theNew Mexico Museum of NaturalHistory and Science. Others whoseresearch activities have been featuredinclude faculty members M a r ySchweitzer, Julia Clarke, Paul Liu,John Fountain, and Jim Hibbard, aswell as doctoral candidates SaraDecherd and James Lamb. You mayeven want to read in the Fall/Winter2003 issue, about a flash flood thatstruck the NCSU campus!

FACULTYOver the past year, Ron Fodor

added a new research area for samplingand studying mafic rock systems. InJanuary 2005, he had the opportunity toattend a two-week field workshop in theDry Valleys of Antarctica along withabout 20 like-minded petrologists.Whereas the workshop largely focusedon mafic layered intrusions, Ron'sparticular interest was in sampling thepegmatite-like segregation veins withinthe sills. The plan now is to use theDepartment's long-existing (...ancient?)analytical instruments for mineralogyand petrology research -- the electronmicroprobe and the x-ray fluorescence

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spectrometer -- to fully describe andinterpret these SiO2-rich segregationsfrom mafic magmas.

Some of Ron's recent researchactivities involving students includeconducting Fall Break field trips to theCascades at the time when Mount St.Helens' activity began anew, October'04, and a class-trip re-visit in 2005 tothe Superstition Mountain volcaniccomplex near Phoenix. The Cascadestrip included Skip Stoddard asparticipant in the five-day excursionwith fourteen students. The Arizona tripis of special interest to Ron, as he iscurrently studying the Oligocene-Miocene basaltic rocks of the visitedregion.

On tap for the near future is tobecome the Department mineralogist, soto speak, as Ron fills in that slot for theretiring Skip. New geology majors aresure to learn about the usual suspects,such as olivine, pyroxene, andplagioclase, and, if they are lucky, theymay also hear mention of some otherminerals important for geology studentsto identify. A refresher course incrystallography, anyone??

Dave Genereux has had a busyyear that included teaching 3 courses inhydrogeology (including a newundergraduate course). Major researchnews includes two new National ScienceFoundation (NSF) grants for work inCosta Rica: one for a study ofgroundwater dating in the lowlandra infores t , another a la rgeinterdisciplinary study of carbon cyclingin the same rainforest, in which Dave iscovering some of the hydrologic aspects.Dave's USDA grant for work in easternNorth Carolina is also ongoing. Acouple of new graduate students havestarted on these projects, and a couple

more are needed. Two research papersdescribing the Costa Rica work werepublished this year (one in the Journal ofHydrology, one in Water ResourcesResearch), both with MEAS student co-authors (Michael Jordan MS '03, andDavid Carbonell '05).

Dave also reports that he isstarting a two-year commitment asMentor to a Kenan Fellow(http://www.ncsu.edu/kenan/fellows/index.html), an Enloe High School teacherwho will work under Dave'sgroundwater dating project and preparerelated curricular materials and a website. Dave has also had a chance to dosome interesting professional service:grant program panels at USDA and NSF,and involvement as an external reviewerfor a Professor of Hydrology search atYale (he reports that it is "interesting tosee how the Ivy schools do these").

The biggest "non-academic"event for Dave was that he and his wifeAileen had their second child, Henry, onApril 22 (Earth Day!). Also, Davemanaged to complete his first triathlon (ashort one, called "sprint distance" by realtriathletes, though he doesn't recall doingany actual sprinting), and he alsobecame a Red Cross certified lifeguardthrough a course at N.C. State (he thinkshe is probably the oldest one evercertified in North Carolina...).

Jim Hibbard reports that thebiggest news for him and his wife Kim,is that their baby, Kira Marie, arrived inSeptember.

"We picked her up in Guatemalaand we spent a week becomingacquainted with her and her native land,customs, foods, etc. We're very lucky inthat she is healthy, happy, and sleepsthrough the night, most of the time."

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Kira Marie Hibbard, October 2004

Jim notes that on a short visit toAntigua, Guatemala he was toodistracted by being a parent to initiallynotice that the town is enclosed on twosides by > 10,000' active volcanoes,thanks to subduction of the Pacific plate.

Guatemalan volcano looming!

Jim attended conferences in OakRidge TN (International BasementConference), Denver, CO (2004National GSA), Charleston, SC(Carolina Geological Society), SaratogaSprings, NY (NE GSA), and Halifax,Nova Scotia (2005 GeologicalAssociation of Canada). Jim was notjust presenting research, but also tryingto scare up potential grad students withinterests in structure and 'hard rock'geology. M.S. student John Allenrepresented Jim's group at the SEGSA inBiloxi, Mississippi.

Over the past year Jim and hiscolleagues were awarded a new three-year NSF grant to compare criticalaspects of the Carolina terrane to the

Avalon terrane of Canada. This meanstravel back to Newfoundland for Jim andPh.D. student Jeff Pollock (native of St.John's, NF), who is masterminding thatproject. Jeff mapped near Bar Harbor,ME, for the Maine Geological Surveylast summer; that project is related to theNSF sponsored one. The new projectalso has funds budgeted for two M.S.students to map in the Carolina terrane.Jim says "If anyone knows of someonewho is interested in geological mappingin mainly low-grade sedimentary rocksfor a masters thesis, give me a shout."

Jim had three M.S. students,Gordon Box, Rachel Cottone, andJustin Smith, mapping in the SmithRiver allochthon during the summer of'04. MS student John Allen finished offhis fieldwork on the Gold Hill fault zonenear Waxhaw, NC; he led a successfulfield review of his area in November andit was so good, he re-ran it in March.John completed his M.S. degree inDecember 2005 and began Ph.D. studiesat the University of Kentucky in January2006. Gordon expects to defend hisM.S. "very soon."

Jim reports that his major researchaccomplishment is the completion of thenew Lithotectonic Map of theAppalachians. The map was peer-reviewed by 7 different reviewers (4 US,3 Canadian). Jim reports that hereceived very good feedback when thefinal draft was displayed at the NEGSAin Saratoga Springs, NY in March,although he wonders if that "could bebecause we hung it next to the cash bar."The map is in two sheets at 1:1,500,000scale, in full color and will be availablefrom the USGS and the GSC. It willalso be available in digital format on aCD; it will open in any GIS program andit is set up so that you can query the mapand make your own theme maps from it.

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Jim ends his contribution withthese prophetic words: "I could go on,but it's Friday afternoon and the beerwill only get warmer!"

This year, Mike Kimberleyreturned to the location of his firstoverseas geology job, in the DominicanRepublic, back in 1969 and 1970. Heworked there for a large nickel company,Falconbridge, on their nickeliferouslaterite property. The mine is still inoperation but the 2005 visit was to adifferent location, Boca Chica, whichhas more environmental than economicimportance. Boca Chica is a famous lagoon thatlies about 40 km east of the capital,Santo Domingo. The ten-square-kilometer lagoon is protected from theCaribbean by a dying coral reef. Nearthe reef, one swims among brightly-colored tropical fish just like those in anaquarium. This is quite an experience!!Since 1970, about a quarter of thepopulation of the Dominican Republichas moved to New York City and hasbeen replaced by Haitians, so thecountry looks very different these daysand personal safety is uncertain.Visiting Boca Chica invites somepersonal risks but the unique opportunityto swim in a tropical aquarium makesthose risks worth taking.

Helena Mitasova published papersabout new methods for geospatialanalysis of the Jockey's Ridge sand duneevolution (in collaboration with Dr.Overton, CCEE NCSU and RussellHarmon, ARO) in Geomorphology andIEEE Geoscience and Remote SensingLetters. One of the most interesting2005 projects was the Short TermInnovative Research (STIR) funded byARO that focused on the development of

Tangible GIS in collaboration with theMIT Media Laboratory. She also workedwith the Active Tectonics ResearchGroup at Arizona State University on thedevelopment of on-line lidar dataprocessing tools for the GEON project(cyberinfrastructure for geosciences).

Since the last newsletter, SkipStoddard has continued geologicmapping for the N. C. GeologicalSurvey, under the STATEMAP program,in the eastern Piedmont. The last twofield seasons have focused on northernVance County in the vicinity of theNutbush Creek fault zone. Thosetraverses along the shores of Kerr Lakewere great! He has wrapped up his geo-archaeology work helping to find thesources of lithic artifacts uncovered atFort Bragg. Along with senior KellyPeak, Skip is involved with an ongoinginventory and analysis of radon gas inindoor air and well water of WakeCounty residences. They hope to assistthe county in identifying the influence ofbedrock geology on radon risk. M.S.student Stephen Fuemmeler (BS '02) iswriting up his thesis on the geology ofthe Gold Sand area in the northernRaleigh belt, but has moved to Ashevilleand has recently taken a job with the N.C. Geological Survey, working withtheir new slope stability group, alongwith M.S. graduate Anne Witt ('05).Ph.D. candidate Brad Carter is puttingthe finishing touches on his dissertationon the tectonics and thermochronologyof the Smith River allochthon in thesouthwest Virginia Piedmont. BothStephen and Brad hope to be "outtahere" at the end of the spring semester(Skip hopes so too!). Skip is alsoworking with senior Sarah Reising onmapping and analysis of an unusual (andunusually extensive) diabase dike.

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A special treat for Skip was hisparticipation in Ron Fodor's Fall break2004 trip to the Cascades, a region Skiphad never been to before - and anadditional bonus was that Skip'sdaughter Maggie was able to fly up fromCalifornia and join our group. What agreat and memorable trip!

In terms of teaching, Skip taughtthe new version of mineralogy in theFall of 2005. This course is officiallyMEA 410 (Introduction to Mineralogyand Petrology), and is one of thecenterpieces of the newly revisedcurriculum. It differs from the old MEA330 course by including a month ofigneous and metamorphic petrology, andhas decreased emphasis on some opticaltechniques. Some students, both withingeoscience disciplines and in other areassuch as Science Education, will be ableto learn something about "hard rocks" bytaking MEA 410 alone, without havingto take two full courses. Others willfollow MEA 410 with a full semester ofpetrology in MEA 440. In the firstoffering of the new course Skip had 20students, the largest group since theearly 90's. One of the highlights of thecourse was the Blue Ridge field trip,during which the class went whitewaterrafting on the Nantahala River, withKyle Hoover '05 as one of their riverguides! (Of course we were examiningthe rocks the entire time!)

Still and all, the biggest news forSkip is that he plans to retire in June of2006. He hopes to remain active ingeology and to do some serioustraveling. Oh yes, and tend to all thework around the house that has beenpiling up! Maybe...

And perhaps the most importantconsequence of Skip's retirement is thatthe January 13, 2006 edition (the 25th,

but who's counting?) of the annual TacoParty was the LAST Taco Party!

EMERITI FACULTY

This message is from Professor HenryBrown , writing from his farm andretirement home that many of us havevisited near Linville Falls:

"During the past year I have beenoccupied mostly with repairingSeptember 2004 hurricane flood damageto our farm. Meanwhile, I continue tovolunteer on a weekly basis as a 2ndgrade reading tutor at the localelementary school where I am also theresident rock and mineral identifier andgeological field trip leader. Othernotable events during the past yearinclude: (1) underwent a total hipreplacement on April 5th (hopefully ithas a 20-year/20,000mile whichevercomes first warranty), (2) appointed tothe Board of Directors of the HistoricCarson House (local historic societyfeature) and (3) became a Master MasonOctober 17 and a Shriner shortly afterthat. I still do some geologicalconsulting, largely related to the mineralindustry. Finally, I achieved my 50-yearGSA Fellow status October 3rd and apin to wear on my lapel testifying tosuch.

Except for a few aches and pains,Wilda and I continue to enjoy goodhealth. Wilda is president of the NorthCarol ina Menta l Retarda t ionAssociation, has several private pianostudents and is pianist at the localMethodist Church. We enjoy interactingwith our children and grandchildren.Our oldest grandson, Joshua Brown,graduated from N. C. State University onDecember 15, 2004 with a Bachelor ofArts degree in Communication Media."

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Professor Charles W. (Chuck)Welby continues to be active in severalprofessional geologic societies and oftensees alumni at the meetings. He enjoyslearning of the interesting things that thealumni are doing, individually andcollectively.

In late March and early April heparticipated in one of the early grouptours arranged for U.S. citizens in Libya.The primary focus of the trip was thearcheological treasures of the Libyancoastal area and the history of that partof North Africa. Three days were spentin the Libyan Sahara Desert, includingtwo nights camping – tents with orientalrugs! The Saharan Desert part of the tripafforded an opportunity to observe themodern desert deposits and to try torecall interesting facts from the work ofR. A. Bagnold, who studied the dunes aspart of the British attempt to improvetheir military skills in desert warfareduring WW II. The chance to observeboth from the air and ground themodern-day desert deposits and comparethem with the Nubian sands depositedunder similar conditions in the Mesozoicprovided an important aspect to the trip.Needless to say, the geomorphology ofthe modern-day desert and the erosionalforms cut into the Mesozoic andPaleozoic sands exposed in themountains protruding from beneath themodern sands were also highlights of thetrip. A major water supply project inLibya, the “Great Man-made River”brings 10,000 to 12,000 year-old waterfrom aquifers lying beneath the SaharaDesert several hundred miles northwardto the coastal area to supply theburgeoning population and the economicactivity of the coastal region of Libya --a classic case of mining an aquifer.

Professor C. J. (Jay) Leith, firstHead of what is now the Department ofMarine, Earth and AtmosphericSciences, continues to reside in Salinas,CA. He reports that since the lastGeology Newsletter was published, hehas taken a cruise to Alaska through theInland Passage, ventured through thePanama Canal, and most recently touredparts of Spain. As always he isinterested in news of alumni and thedepartment.

GEOLOGY CLUB(Submitted by Sarah Reising)

Since 2004, the Geology Clubhas hosted monthly events. Academicmeetings have included Dr. Fodor'spresentation on his trip to Antarctica, a2005 Field Camp preparatory meeting, astudent presentation of the 2005 FallBreak trip to Arizona, and geology-based movies including everyone'sfavorite, The Core. We have continuedour participation in the Tar Heel Gemand Mineral Club's geode-cutting boothat the Gem and Mineral Show eachspring at the State Fairgrounds. Inaddition, we have had communityinvolvement by participating in theNCSU Open House, and outreachprograms for schools in the area.However, Geology Club has had severalbonding experiences of a more socialbent, including a Pizza and BowlingNight, and attending a CarolinaHurricanes vs. Boston Bruins hockeygame (Needless to say, the Canes won).

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GRADUATES

Undergraduate DegreesMAY 2004Bachelor of Arts in GeologyKristen H. Lloyd Fayetteville, NC

Bachelor of Science in GeologyScott T. Leahy Raleigh, NC

Bachelor of Science in EnvironmentalScience, Geology ConcentrationDeborah E. Kull Pfafftown, NC

AUGUST 2004Bachelor of Science in GeologyPaul F. Farris Carlisle, PA

DECEMBER 2004Bachelor of Arts in GeologyTimothy C. Meadows Dayton, VA

MAY 2005Bachelor of Science in GeologyShauna L. Hecker Delafield, WI

(Marine Science Concentration)

AUGUST 2005Bachelor of Arts in GeologyD. Bradley West Dunn, NC

Bachelor of Science in GeologyJennifer N. Gordon Raleigh, NCA. Kyle Hoover Archdale, NCChristine L. Kimball Winston-Salem, NCHelen R. Munt Raleigh, NCGinger E. Sigmon Lincolnton, NC

DECEMBER 2005Bachelor of Science in GeologyJ. Abigail Rorrer Eden, NC

Graduate Degrees and Research TitlesMAY 2004MastersJeffrey A. Bartlett Minneapolis, MN

Taphonomy, Geology, and Paleoecology of theSandy Site, an Exceptional Assemblage in theMaastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of South

Dakota (Advisor Dr. Russell)

Casey D. Kennedy Hudson, FLPilot Project on Groundwater Dating in Confined

Aquifers of the North Carolina Coastal Plain(Advisor Dr. Genereux)

Christine A. Missell Rochester, NYThermoregulatory adaptations of

Acrocanthosaurus atokensis – Evidence fromOxygen isotopes (Advisor Dr. Barrick)

Doctor of PhilosophyP. Ansley Wren Columbia, SC

Sediment transport measurements on the mid-continental shelf in Onslow Bay,!North!!!!!!Carolina (Co-Advisor Dr. Leithold)

DECEMBER 2004MastersMark R. Pritzl Tallahassee, FL

The performance and application of drum-typeseepage meters and a simple experiment to

determine if denitrification is occurring in streambottom sediments within the North Carolina

Coastal Plain (Co-Advisor Dr. Blair)

MAY 2005MastersDavid M. Velozzi Pittsford, NY

Sedimentary features of the Yangtze derivedmud deposits on the inner shelf of the East China

Sea (Advisor Dr. Liu)

Anne C. Witt Forest, VAUsing a GIS (Geographic Information System) toModel Slope Instability and Debris Flow Hazards

in the French Broad River Watershed, NorthCarolina (Advisor Dr. Kimberley)

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AUGUST 2005MastersBrett L. Purinton N. Ferrisburgh, VT

14C as a tracer of labile organic matter inAntarctic benthic food webs (Co-Advisors Drs.

DeMaster and Thomas)

DECEMBER 2005MastersJohn S. Allen Moore, SC

Structure and kinematics of the Gold Hill faultzone in the area of Waxhaw, south-central North

Carolina (Advisor Dr. Hibbard)

Jennifer C. Holmes Woodruff, SCKerogen in the Eel River system of northernCalifornia - Characterization and analytical

approaches (Co-Advisors Drs. Blair and Leithold)

GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHDoctoral Candidate Sara

Decherd has been receiving quite a bitof attention concerning her researchlately. She is conducting experimentalwork on hypothesized Mesozoicatmosphere. She is testing the efficiencyof photosynthesis of live gingko treesplaced inside the hyperbaric chamber atDuke University. Sara is able to varythe composition of atmospheric gaseswithin the chamber; in particular she hasbeen able to test the effect of differentcontents of CO2. This aspect of theecosystem may well have beenresponsible for the enormous size ofmany of the dinosaurs. Even NationalGeographic Magazine took notice, in itsJuly 2005 issue! Way to go, Sara!

GEOLOGY SUMMER FIELD CAMPEach summer since the late

1980's NCSU has been a participatinginstitution in a geology field campconsortium, along with other UNCsystem schools, and in more recentyears, also some Virginia institutions. In2004, we did not participate in theconsortium, and only two NCSUgeology students attended a field camp -

Paul Farris (NC/VA consortium camp)and Shauna Hecker (camp inAustralia). In 2005, we operated a fieldcamp for our own students only, withmany similarities but also with a fewtwists compared to previous camps.

With Ph.D. Candidate B r a dCarter as TA, Skip Stoddard led thegroup of 15 students on a four - (or fiveor six, depending on how you count)state adventure. One of Skip's objectivesin planning the program was to reducethe costs for the participating students,and one way to go about that was toreduce the number of days spent payingroom and board during the summer.This was accomplished by beginning thecourse during the spring semester, whenwe spent two weekends learning somebasic field mapping techniques closer tohome. On March 18-20, we visitedNCSU's own Forestry Camp at HillForest, in Rougemont, NC, north ofDurham. There we concentrated oncompass and map-reading techniques,taking notes , and s t ructuralmeasurements.

Learning pace-and-compass techniquesat Hill Forest

Students had a small mapping project inwhich they located and examinedoutcrops of the local meta-igneous rocksof the Carolina slate belt. We owe adebt of gratitude to the ForestryDepartment and the manager and

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caretaker of the camp, for theirenthusiastic willingness to let us takeover the facility for the weekend - and atno charge! It is a very impressivefacility in a surprisingly beautifulsetting, and quite close to Raleigh. Wealso got our first experience dividingourselves into cooking and cleanupcrews, and it worked out well, despitethe fact that it was extremely chilly thatweekend!

On April 8-10, we had oursecond field camp outing. We drove allthe way to West Virginia on Friday, andset up camp at Watoga State Park. OnSaturday and early Sunday, weexamined deformed sedimentary strataof the Appalachian Valley and Ridgeprovince near the state line in thevicinity of Warm Springs, Virginia.Teams of students produced transectgeologic maps along four separateroadways that cut across the strike of amajor structure. The area is reallybeautiful, and in addition to providingsome valuable geological experience, theweekend was important for bonding aswell. This project was made possible bythe generous assistance of Dave Blake(MS '86), who uses it in the FieldMethods course he teaches at UNC-Wilmington.

Sitting on the hinge-line of an anticlinenear the Virginia - West Virginia line

The western portion of the campbegan at 6:00 a.m. on May 23, when our

caravan of two 15-passenger vans (withrear seat removed) and a minivan (withboth rear seats removed), and withouttrailers or roof-mounted "burritos,"departed from Jordan Hall, on time! Wecamped the first night north of Memphis,practically on the banks of theMississippi River. The second day,despite being delayed somewhat by thelargest military convoy any of us hadever seen, we made it all the way to PaloDuro Canyon, about 20 miles south ofAmarillo, Texas. After driving acrossthe plains for hundreds of miles, thesight of our first canyon country wasbreathtaking; it served to energize us forthe rest of the trip.

We arrived at Ghost Ranch, inAbiquiu, New Mexico, on the afternoonof the third day, and set up camp in theircampground. This was to be our homefor the next two weeks.

A portion of our campsite at GhostRanch

Though we camped in tents, weate our morning and evening meals inthe dining hall at Ghost Ranch, but webought groceries to make our own fieldlunches. It was certainly nice to come infrom the field, tired, hot, and starving,and fall right in line for dinner! We hada nice bathhouse with hot showers andlaundry facilities right next to us, and wealso had an AC power outlet that weused for our mini-refrigerator, laptop

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computers, portable light table, and yeseven a microscope! Ghost Ranch evenhas a computer lab with internet access -so you couldn't say we were reallyroughing it! We did projects involvingthe late Paleozoic - Mesozoicsedimentary strata in the region. Someof these projects will be familiar to manyreaders - starting with the Chimney Rockhike. We mapped the "Battleship"across the highway from AbiquiuReservoir; we mapped Nacimiento nearCuba; we visited Gallina Plaza to see aportion of the stratigraphy; and we had afield "quiz" at San Pablo south of Cuba.We had the volcanic field trip to visit theValles caldera, and on our day off, somevisited Santa Fe or Espanola, and someclimbed to the top of Cerro Pedernal.

View from the top of Kitchen Mesa atGhost Ranch, with Abiquiu Reservoir and

Cerro Pedernal in the distance

One memorable evening, a number of usgathered in one of the meeting halls atthe ranch, and watched the film CitySlickers, one of many movies filmed inand around the area.

The last couple days at GhostRanch, we began our next mappingproject, called Posos Lake, a beautifuland remote area in the Brazos Uplift.The geology involves Proterozoicmetasedimentary and metavolcanicrocks. Some of the faculty had beenintroduced to this area by former

professor Karl Karlstrom (now at theUniversity of New Mexico), and theUNC consortium camp mapped it atleast once previously, led by our ownProf. Jim Hibbard and Prof. KevinStewart of UNC-CH.

Departing Ghost Ranch on themorning of June 7, we traveled eastward,crossing the Rio Grande Gorge at theinfamous "bridge of death," throughTaos, stopping for provisions, and madeour way to Sipapu Ski Resort, in Vadito,New Mexico, which would be our homefor the next week.

Sipapu Lodge; we occupied the top floor

Inside our kitchen/workroom at Sipapu

At Sipapu, we had dorm-styleaccommodations, and a large room thatserved as combination kitchen, diningroom, and workroom. (We discovered,quite unexpectedly, that we had wirelessinternet access!) While there, wecompleted the Posos Lake project andthen mapped the ever-popular

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Rattlesnake Gulch project. On the lastday, we visited some of the copper mineworkings and had a short structuralfabrics exercise. On June 14 wedeparted Sipapu and headed eastward,that day taking an extremely circuitousroute to Capulin Volcano NationalMonument in northeastern New Mexico,the Spanish Peaks in south-centralColorado, and finally to John MartinReservoir State Park in the (extremely)flat part of southeastern Colorado, wherewe were met by a tree-full of vultures,and were cautioned, by an extremely tallfemale ranger, to be on the lookout forTizzy, the wild poodle.

We made our way cross-countryfrom Colorado to upstate New York,camping in Missouri and Ohio on theway. On arrival in New York, wevisited Niagara Falls, then a memorableWal-Mart near Utica, an extremely latebut equally memorable restaurant fordinner, and finally arrived at ourdestination - Big Rock Cottages onFourth Lake, Old Forge, New York,about 10 p.m.

Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks

We stayed here for ten days, and exceptfor the first two days, which were wetand chilly, we were blessed withbeautiful weather. This portion of thefield camp was the fulfillment of anotherof Skip's goals - to see what field campin the east, and specifically in theAdirondack Mountains, would be like,

and to give an introduction to geologicalfield work in the east, where mostgraduates settle and work. We mappedin the West Canada Lakes Wildernessarea and the adjacent Moose RiverPlains. The high-grade, mostlymetaplutonic rocks, and the fieldconditions, presented major challengesto mind, body and spirit! A number offactors conspired to make this so:relatively sparse outcrop (especiallywhere you really need it), thick woodswith thousands of fallen trees andminimal visibility, rugged terrain,swamps and glacial deposits, lichen andmoss-covered outcrops, rocks too hard tobreak, high humidity, and - oh yes -BUGS! We had been warned about theblack flies, but actually they were almostcompletely gone by late June. However,the deer flies, mosquitoes, and gnatswere quite enough, thank you. Let's justsay that the head-covering bug nets thatSkip purchased were definitely used -you might forget your hammer orBrunton and live to tell the tale, but forGod's sake remember that bug net!

Typical view in the field

Another feature of this fieldcamp was the integration of GPStechnology into the program. Studentswere not allowed to use GPS until thesecond half of the course, when they hadmastered (hopefully) the use of map andcompass techniques for locatingthemselves. At Posos Lake the GPS

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came in handy, and in the Adirondacks itwas absolutely essential. Each pair ofstudents was assigned a GPS receiver,and they recorded the locations ofstations in the field. Back at camp in theevening, they downloaded these"waypoints" onto their topographic basemap, using GIS software. In addition toseveral laptop computers for thispurpose, we also had a color printer thatwe used to print out customized basemaps. This was key in the Adirondacks,as each team had a different map area.

While in the Adirondacks we hada field trip to an old garnet mine, and tothe Adirondack High Peaks area, wherewe visited Whiteface Mountain andLake Placid, the site of the 1980Olympics and the "Miracle on Ice."

At the summit of Whiteface Mountain, hazy,but with Lake Placid below

Despite the field conditions, we hadwonderful accommodations, staying infive small cabins, with a sixth serving asour study hall; each cabin's residentstook turns cooking for the entire group.

This cabin housed four students - comfortably!

Hard at work in the evening

On our day off we swam, canoed,lounged by the lake, played ping-pong orfrisbee, or even went for a ride in aseaplane! We also got our picture in thelocal newspaper (caption: "When intown, study rocks!"). Our drive home toRaleigh took a bit longer than planned(eastern traffic!), but we arrived homesafely on the night of June 27.

The future of summer field campat NCSU is uncertain at this point.However, our newly revised geologycurriculum has reduced the number ofcredit hours required from six to four,which may allow more field campoptions for students. At present, itappears that three or four NCSU studentswill be attending some sort of summerfield course in 2006.

In 2005, the 15 students whoparticipated were a combination of risingjuniors, rising seniors, and several whograduated in the summer after the courseended. Jennifer Gordon, Kyle Hoover,Christine Kimball, Helen Munt, AbbyRorrer, Ginger Sigmon, and BradleyWest all graduated in 2005. BryanAnderson, Kyle Chernoff, PatrickMonigle, Sarah Reising, AdamSherwood, Katie Singer, KaitlinStrickland, and Jarett Swartley are allcompleting their degrees at NCSU.

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THEN AND NOW!New Mexico and New York

Chimney Rock hike - 1979

Abiquiu Reservoir picnic - 1983

Adirondack woods - 1978

At the summit of Whiteface Mt. - 1991(before the advent of cell phones)

Chimney Rock hike - 2005

Jemez Volcanic field trip - 2005

Adirondack woods - 2005 (note bug net)

At the summit of Whiteface Mt. - 2005(after the advent of cell phones)

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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTSJohn M. Parker III Field Camp Scholarship

2004: Paul Farris2005: Bryan Anderson

Christine KimballGinger SigmonSarah Reising

Laren Anne Bonatz Scholarship2004-05: Jennifer Cessna2005-06: Mary Waligora

Victor V. Cavaroc Scholarship2004-05: Brandt Morrow2005-06: Jennifer Cessna

Charles and Eleanor Welby Scholarship2004-05: Christine Kimball

Ginger Sigmon2005-06: Dalhya Lusk

Sarah Reising

ALUMNI NEWSFirst, the most recent grads!Christine Kimball '05 has entered theM.S. program in geology at New MexicoTech. In her first semester at Socorro,she TAed the petrology lab, inDecember and January, she did fieldwork in Antarctica, where she isstudying anorthoclase megacrysts inbasalt from Mt. Erebus. Christine sentthis photo just before Christmas 2005:

Christine Kimball '05 in front of an activeMt. Erebus!

Ginger Sigmon '05 has entered thegraduate program at Notre Dame, whereshe is putting her dual NCSU degrees(Chemistry and Geology) to good use inher research on the synthesis and crystalchemistry of actinide compounds havingpotential application to nuclear wastestorage.

Helen M u n t '05 has entered anaccelerated graduate program in ScienceEducation at UNC-Chapel Hill. Sheintends to be ready to teach high schoolscience (and coach swimming andconduct the orchestra probably) in thefall of 2006!

Bradley West '05 is working with asurveying company, the EAST group, inthe Coastal Plain (Greenville), whileJennifer Gordon '05 is Manager of aZaxby's Restaurant in the Piedmont(Garner), and newlywed Kyle Hoover'05 is employed in the environmentalfield, in the mountains.

At last report, Shauna Hecker '05 was aWine Buyer with The Wine Merchant inRaleigh. Well, she's only in Raleighsometimes, because her job takes herfrequently to the European winecountry!

Christine Missell MS '04 is pursuing aPh.D. in paleontology at the Universityof Maryland.

1970sPete Evans '71 is in real estate in theTriangle area with RE/MAX UNITED.Pete worked for many years withKennecott Minerals, which made a nicecontribution to the Cavaroc ScholarshipFund in recognition of Dr. Cavaroc's

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work on lithostratigraphy of the Carolinaslate belt.

Larry Stanley '73, MS '78 and his wifeSherri announce the birth of their sonNicholas, in May 2005. Larry is ahydrogeologist with the N.C. HazardousWaste Section.

Joe Moye '74, MS '81 has moved fromBrisbane, Australia to Hobart, Tasmania,and has entered the Ph.D. program at theUniversity of Tasmania. Joe is studyingmineral deposits, and recently visited thesoutheastern USA to do a bit of fieldwork and gather some samples related tothe Ridgeway, SC gold deposit.

Marty Gayer MS '77 has relocated fromCalifornia to Houston. Marty is withOccidental Petroleum.

In the summer of 2004, Mark Porter'78 ran in to a Raleigh friend of SkipStoddard's, and Skip was able to re-connect with Mark. Mark sent a longand very newsy e-mail. Mark writes thathe has been with a number of oil-relatedcompanies over the years, and completedhis M.S. at the University of Houston in'87. He relates one highlight of hiscareer so far was a project involving anopportunity in the Gobi Desert ofMongolia! Mark is now a geophysicistwith Brigham Exploration in Austin.Mark and his wife Karen prefer Austinto Houston, and really enjoy the musicscene there. They have two daughters,Melissa and Brianna. Mark had storiesto tell about some of his old classmates -Tom Nemy, Bill Davies, John Fowler,and Jym Hornbeck. Are you guys outthere?

Jim "Goose" Goodwin '79 is enjoyinglife on a number of fronts. He continues

to serve as a part-time geology instructorat UNC-Charlotte, and has made a bigname for himself as a CraftsmanExtraordinaire! His ships-in-a-bottlework landed him a feature article in OurState magazine (October 2005 issue).His work is also scheduled to be shownon PBS television (The Woodwright'sShop) in early February - check yourlocal listings! Some of us can't help butremember his earlier craftsman days,making soapstone bowls and pipes fromWake County ultramafic rocks!

David Lee '79 continues as THEGeologist with Wake Stone Corporation.David is always more than willing tohelp with educational outreach activities;so much so, that he received recognitionfrom the Southeastern Section of theNational Association of GeoscienceTeachers with an award as a non-traditional educator in the OutstandingEarth Science Teacher Award program.

Tommy Sills '79 wrote to tell about afamily trip through New Mexico andArizona. He says it brought backmemories of field camp "like it wasyesterday." I've got news for youTommy: it wasn't yesterday!

1980sDr. Buddy Wylie '80, MS '84 has leftthe Upper Peninsula of Michigan for aposition as Geologist with Cabot Oil andGas in Denver. Buddy is working theGreen River basin of southwesternWyoming. Although his research andprofessional career are in oil, Buddy alsoremains interested in hard-rock geology.In the summer of 2004, while still on thefaculty at Michigan TechnologicalUniversity, he led a field trip for MTUstudents to Labrador and Newfoundland.Sounds like the old Buddy we

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remember! Highlights of his research,and of the field trip, can still be found at:<http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~aswylie/indxhtml.htm>. Buddy and his wife Corenehave a kindergarten-age son, Nicholas.

Dr. Peter Warwick MS '82 continueshis work with the U.S.G.S. CoalDivision. He has been spotted at severalconferences, and his coal research isgetting some press as well.

Another of Dr. Cavaroc's formerstudents, Leonard Lentz MS '83, writes:"Since I last spoke with you at NE/SEGSA at Tysons Corner, VA in 2004, Ifind myself finally finishing up two CoalAvailability reports, which will soon beon the Survey's website, and have justended my reign as Chairman of thePenn-Anthracite Section of AIME. TheAIME stint was a wonderful experience.I met a lot of the people involved in theAnthracite coal mining and salesbusiness. New on the horizon for 2006is a co-authored paper I am involved inthat will be presented at North CentralGSA meeting in Akron in April aboutthe stratigraphy of the Upper Freeportcoal in west central PA and westernMaryland. I may also become involvedin a coal bed methane test hole in thesouthern anthracite coalfield later thisyear as part of a cooperative programwith the USGS. Right now it is in theproposal stage. It will be kind ofexciting around here in 2006 asHarrisburg metro will host the NEsection of GSA meeting in March, andthen in the fall Philadelphia will be thehost city for the National GSA meeting.I suspect the Survey will be heavilyinvolved in both meetings."

Spotted at a meeting of the NCWRAwas Ken Gilland '86. Ken reports that

he is working for Buck Engineering outof Cary.

A bit of super sleuthing has turned upCharlotte Otts MS '83. She is on thefaculty of New Mexico StateUniversity's branch campus at Grants,NM. At last check, her teachingactivities were featured on the homepage of their website!

David Duncklee '83 continues inhydrogeological consulting with his ownsmall company Duncklee and Dunham,in Cary.

Bob Gaylor MS '80 has returned toNorth Carolina after living in NewMexico for many years; his daughterRobyn has recently graduated fromUNC. He and his wife Pat live in"lovely Spout Springs, NC," which Bobdescribes as "midway between Sanfordand Spring Lake on Highway 87." Iguess he can't stay away from thatTriassic!

Dean Argenbright MS '86 is EasternRegional Geologist with the NCDOT intheir Greenville Office.

James Izzell '87 is keeping busy withhis geological consulting business.Several recent trips have taken him outwest, to places like Arizona, Nevada,and California. On one return flightfrom Phoenix, James was on the sameflight with Skip and Nancy Stoddard,who were on their way home afterhelping to move daughter Maggie toCalifornia.

Jay Johnston '88 is an engineer withHydrostructures, and Chad Leinbach'87 is a consulting hydrogeologist in theTriangle area.

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Jerry Burgess '89 is a science teacher inMaryland. He and his wife are enjoyingtheir six-year old daughter Galena, alsoknown as PbS.

Former student Barry Lumpkin is abuilding inspector with the city andcounty of Durham. Barry's youngestchild Sam commuted to Jordan Hallduring the fall of 2004 to take the honorsphysical geology class, after daughterAmy took the same class in 2002. Soaltogether that makes three Lumpkinswho have had intro geology with SkipStoddard.

1990sAfter a number of years in New Mexico,Eddie Hull '90 is back in the Raleigharea, and attending an occasional hockeygame and taco party.

Jenne Sowell Walker '93 reports thatshe is working temporarily atNCDENR's DWQ Chemistry Lab, andthat she is contemplating moving towardearth-science education. In themeantime, Jenne and her husband Timget practice educating their four-year oldson Christopher. In an interestingcoincidence, Jenne ran in to Profs.Stoddard, Welby, and Cavaroc at a localStarbuck's in February of 2005! Theoccasion for the "mini-faculty meeting"was that Professor Cavaroc was beingpresented the a special certificate, "TheFounders of the Cavaroc Scholarship."The certificate recognizes those whomade contributions to the CavarocScholarship Fund prior to December 31,2004 and thus helped establish it at the$25,000 level.

Another former student, Kevin Miller,is also a licensed real estate broker,

while continuing to do geological workpart time.

Tami Vargason Idol '93 is the AssistantDam Safety Engineer for North Carolinasince 2001. Tami is extremely active asan officer with the AEG CarolinaSection, and helped to lead their fall2004 meeting and field trip to GorgesState Park.

Kevin Hoff is working for IBM in theRTP now. He and his wife are avidcyclists, and have participated in a 150-km ride to benefit the National MSSociety.

Derek Bryant '99 published his M.Sresearch on the Yangtze Suture region(china) in GSA Bulletin (v. 116). Derekremains at Vanderbilt, pursuing a Ph.D.in environmental management. Hisdissertation work "deals with assessingthe risk to groundwater from the spill ofchemicals into soils."

Cat Shrier '96 is a Water ResourcesPlanner with Golder Associates inCalgary, Alberta.

Sarah Merchant Divakarla MS '96 hasrecently relocated from Atlanta, GA toCleveland, OH. At last notice, she wastaking a hiatus from the environmentalgame to care for her young son.

Adrienne Gaughan Fitzgerald MS '99was married in 2004, and she and herhusband Andrew, who both work for theNational Park Service, have transferredfrom Canyonlands National Park in Utahto Joshua Tree National Park in theMojave Desert of California. Aneighbor of Skip Stoddard's ran in toAdrienne at Canyonlands, and broughtnews of the meeting back to Raleigh.

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Brian Potter '94 is with Potter Oil &Tire Co., Inc. in Aurora, NC. Brian hasbecome a champion of the use ofbiodiesel fuel, and even sponsors aracing team.

Dr. Sonja Boorman '94, MS '99completed her Ph.D. at Duke Universityand is now doing research with theFundamental Geomechanics departmentof ExxonMobil's Upstream ResearchCompany in Houston. At last report, shewas investigating the physical propertiesof various types of sandstones. A bit ofa change from her doctoral research onigneous textures in the BushveldComplex - but at least those are layeredigneous rocks!

Cam Snow '99 is continuing work on hisPh.D. at Stanford University, where hisadvisor is Gary Ernst; in an ironic twist,Gary was also Skip Stoddard's advisorway back in 1976 at U.C.L.A. Rumorhas it that Cam will be Gary's last Ph.D.student! Cam organized and chaired aspecial session ("Statistical treatment ofanalytical and synthetic data in earthsciences") at the December 2005 AGUmeeting in San Francisco.

Stephanie Stack MS '99 works forLowe Engineers in Atlanta. She andhusband Jason now have two littleStacks, Raven and Jada.

2000sTwo members of the class of 2000 havereturned to Raleigh after being awaygetting M.S. degrees and other pursuits.Erika Cohen (M.S. Ole Miss) works forthe Southern Global Change Program, ofthe USDA Forest Service SouthernResearch Station, right here on NCSU'sCentennial Campus, and Matt Allen

(M.S. East Carolina) works for ENSRConsulting and Engineering. It's nice tohave them back!

John Palmer '00 works with Withers &Ravenel, an environmental consultingfirm located in Cary.

Paul Farris '04 works in theenvironmental arena for URSCorporation out of Morrisville, NC. Hissupervisor is Rhoda Willis '94. Anotheralumna, Susannah Goldston '01 hastransferred from the Morrisville office tothe URS office in Sydney, Australia!

Doug Czajka '02 works with theGeotechnical Unit of the North CarolinaD.O.T. in Raleigh.

Holly Woodward '03 has completed herM.S. degree at Texas Tech. She hasmoved from Lubbock up to Bozeman,MT, where she has entered the Ph.D.program at Montana State University,and will work on dinosaur bonehistology research. After her M.S.defense and before moving north, Hollywas able to visit to our field camp groupat Ghost Ranch in June of 2005. In fact,she hiked Kitchen Mesa with some ofour group; that's Holly on the left end ofthe line in the photo!

After pursuing several diverse interestsfor a few years, Christine Gilmore '02has chosen her path: she entered EastCarolina Medical School in fall 2005.from what we hear, the demands of MedSchool may cut into NASCAR and NHLtime!

Deborah Kull (Environmental Science -Geology Concentration '04) hascompleted her M.S. degree In RefugeeResettlement at Oxford University (yes,

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the one in England!). She and herhusband David are now in Houston,where Deb is working throughAmericorps for Boat People SOS, andorganization that helps Vietnameserefugees and immigrants.

Michael Jordan '00, MS '03 is ahydrogeologist with ARCADIS inRaleigh. He and his wife Dayna areproud to announce the arrival of theirdaughter Ella Kate in September of2004.

Jim Chapman '01 writes that he hasbeen taking GIS courses and is hoping toa t t end g radua te schoo l i ngeomorphology, possibly back on thewest coast.

Amanda Parodi Beaudoin '02 and herlongtime boyfriend Billy finally took theplunge and married in 2005. Amandacontinues in the Ph.D. program inEntomology at NCSU, and Billy worksin IT on campus as well. Amandashared her experiences of geology fieldcamp with students to help prepare themfor the 2005 camp - and of course shewas asked lots of bug questions!

Lauren Caslin MS '01 and her husbandBob Runkle announce the birth of theirfirst child, Forrest. The little guy betterget used to competing with the familydogs and other pets for attention!

Allison Gresham W a r d '03 wasmarried in 2005. Allison works with theGroundwater Section of NCDENR intheir Washington, NC office. TheWards were living in Greenville at lastnotice, and commuting to work.

At last report, Yo Matsubara '03 was inthe graduate program at the Universityof Virginia, studying planetary geology.

Renee McCarter Dancy MS '02 is aninstructor at Appalachian StateUniversity and has taught part-time alsoat Lenoir-Rhyne College. We tend tobump in to Renee at SEGSA meetings;she seems to really be enjoying life.This item just in: Renee and herhusband Brad announce the birth ofdaughter Malana on January 23!

At last notice, Cary McElhinney, MS'00 was with the U.S. EPA's Office ofWater in Washington, D.C.

Special Request!With this newsletter, we are

attempting to switch to a moreenvironmentally friendly, paper-free (i.e. electronic) version! Oure-mail list is woefully incomplete.Please update your e-mail addressif necessary, AND if you can helpput us in touch with some of yourfellow alumni, that would begreatly appreciated too! Of courseyou should get the okay first.

Thanks!

STUDENT SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES

As most of you are aware, we have significantly increased the scholarships available togeoscience students at NCSU. Now there are five endowed funds that support students at alllevels. Because these are endowed scholarships, yearly awards are made from the accruedinterest; continued contributions increase the principal, and the size of the individual awardsgrows correspondingly. These opportunities are available because of your generous support, andwe should all be extremely proud!

The Lauren Anne Bonatz ScholarshipThis scholarship is awarded to a first-year geology major. It is typically offered to an

outstanding applicant to NCSU, and has been very helpful in the recruitment of excellentstudents. Awarded yearly since 2000. Established primarily by her family and friends inmemory of Ms. Bonatz, who aspired to become a volcanologist.

The Victor V. Cavaroc ScholarshipEstablished by his friends, colleagues, associates, and former students, this award honors

the career of Dr. Cavaroc, recognizing his devoted service to geology students at NCSU. Theintent and highest priority of this award is to recognize students who develop an overridinginterest for geology as a result of their first geology course and who as a consequence may decideto major in geology. The award is made to a rising sophomore. Awarded yearly since 2004.

The Charles and Eleanor Welby ScholarshipsThe Charles and Eleanor Welby Geology Scholarship Endowment was established in

1996 by Dr. and Mrs. Welby in order to reward excellent undergraduate geology majors, and toencourage them to pursue professional careers in geology. The awards are given annually to onerising junior and one rising senior geology student. Awards are for one academic year and may berenewable in the senior year.

The John M. Parker III Field Camp ScholarshipThis award honors the memory of Dr. J. M. Parker III, a greatly loved former professor of

geology at NCSU and fondly remembered by scores of students he taught during his 40-yeardistinguished career at NCSU. His devotion to field geology is reflected in this award, which isderived from an endowment created with donations from his former students, colleagues and hisfriends. Awarded yearly since 1970, and intended to cover the expenses of summer field camp.The number of awards varies, depending on the costs of the course. In 2005, four fullscholarships were awarded.

The Skip Stoddard Research FellowshipNewly established fund intended to support research by advanced undergraduate and

graduate students. Details will be forthcoming, but it is anticipated that small grants from thisfund might provide partial support for such things as fieldwork, thin-section preparation, orchemical analyses. Established by "several of Skip's friends, colleagues, associates, and formerstudents," according to the latest issue of Scope (newsletter of the College of PAMS).

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Note that there is a form on the last page you can use to send the Geology Newsletter news of yourselfand other Geology alumni, and a separate form you can use to make a contribution to one of thescholarship funds.

CONTRIBUTORS TO STUDENT SUPPORT FUNDSMAY 1, 2004 - JANUARY 31, 2006

We gratefully acknowledge the contributions made by the following!

Ambient Technologies IncMr. Brian James BellisMr. H. William BoydMr. Philip J. BradleyMr. James E. BrownMr. Douglas A. CanavelloDr. R. J. CarsonDr. Victor V. Cavaroc JrMr. James C. CoffeyMs. Laura H. CooperAnthony & Robin CorkellMs. Susan R. CormierMr. David L. DunckleeMr. Peter H. EvansMr. Michael K. FoxMs. Cynthia J. GalanteMr. Martin J. GayerMr. Joseph E. Godfrey JrMr. Tobias W. GoodmanMs. Stephanie F. GriffoGround Water Professionals of NCMr. John S. GuthrieMs. Cara H. HarmanMr. James W. HaymanMr. H. Tom Hicks, Jr.Ms. Joelle A. HowlandMr. Robert S. Jacobs (Lab Fund)Kennecott Minerals CompanyDr. Michael M. Kimberley

Ms. Mary E. KingMs. Paula J. LapointDr. S. P. LeathermanMr. Carlos R. LemosMr. Leonard J. LentzMs. Christina S. LewisDr. H. Michael LinkerMrs. Kelli McNeil MarchMr. Walter E. Marley IIIWilliam & Donna McHenryMs. Jane Shaw McNeillMs. Janet MilaniMrs. Katherine H. MorrisMr. John E. ParkerMr. Thomas R. RigleyMs. Julie S. RobertsMs. S. Lynne SandersMs. Deborah C. SmithMr. Larry G. StanleyMr. Paul R. StewartMs. Teresa M. TabertDr. Bryson D. Trexler Jr.Ms. Lindsey C. WalataDr. Peter D. WarwickDr. Gerald F. Watson JrDr. Charles W. WelbyMrs. Eleanor M. WelbyMs. Vanessa C. WilliamsDr. Donna L. Wolcott

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